Patents by Inventor Yoshiro Koiwa

Yoshiro Koiwa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7744537
    Abstract: In a method for identifying a living tissue in an ultrasonic diagnosis, the elasticity of a living tissue to be diagnosed is measured for each local small area by using ultrasound. Elasticity data for each kind of known living tissue is composed of an elasticity modulus frequency histogram in each local small area for each kind of living tissue and is managed in a data library. Regarding the elasticity data serving as the measurement results, the kind of living tissue to be diagnosed is identified by using the elastic data for each kind of known living tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Yoshiro Koiwa
  • Patent number: 7422561
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic system prepares a diagnostic data including image by transmitting ultrasonic pulses to a living tissue, and receiving and analyzing reflected wave of the ultrasonic pulses, and has an analytical processing unit to measure a backscattering intensity by using a scattering wave from a region of interest in the living tissue on a basis of the reflected wave which is received, and to detect a variation frequency of the measured backscattering intensity to obtain the diagnostic data to be available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Yoshiro Koiwa, Motonao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050124881
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic system prepares a diagnostic data including image by transmitting ultrasonic pulses to a living tissue, and receiving and analyzing reflected wave of the ultrasonic pulses, and has an analytical processing unit to measure a backscattering intensity by using a scattering wave from a region of interest in the living tissue on a basis of the reflected wave which is received, and to detect a variation frequency of the measured backscattering intensity to obtain the diagnostic data to be available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Japan Sciemce and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Yoshiro Koiwa, Motonao Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040260180
    Abstract: In a method for identifying a living tissue in an ultrasonic diagnosis, the elasticity of a living tissue to be diagnosed is measured for each local small area by using ultrasound. Elasticity data for each kind of known living tissue is composed of an elasticity modulus frequency histogram in each local small area for each kind of living tissue and is managed in a data library. Regarding the elasticity data serving as the measurement results, the kind of living tissue to be diagnosed is identified by using the elastic data for each kind of known living tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kanai, Yoshiro Koiwa
  • Patent number: 5840028
    Abstract: This invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment usable to measure small vibrations in myocardial tissues superimposed on a large amplitude vibration of heartbeat. And it comprises a large amplitude motion analyzing means for deciding the an instantaneous position of the object by using the amplitude and phase of the detected signal and tracking a large amplitude of motion of the object, and a small vibration analyzing means for detecting a small vibration superimposed on the large amplitude motion by analyzing, succeeding positions of the large amplitude motion obtained from the large amplitude motion analyzing means. By using this invention, a local elasticity of width of 1-2 mm in myocardium and arterial wall can be evaluated noninvasively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Chubachi, Hiroshi Kanai, Yoshiro Koiwa